Car-end framing.



A. B. OSTRANDER. GAB END FRAMING. APPLICATION FILED JULY 25, 1908.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

N 5 W00 wboz Allen EOsir-ander UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALLEN E. OSTRANDER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR T AMERICAN CAR AND FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A UORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CAR-END FRAMING.

Specification 01' Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Applicltlon filed July 26, 1808. Serial No. 445,867.

v To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALLEN E. Osrnnunnn, residing at New York city, count and State, and being a citizen of the nited States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-End Framing, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and to use the same, reference bein had to the accompanying drawings, whic illustrate the preferred form of the invention, though it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, as it is obvious that various modifications thereof will occur to persons skilled in the art.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the endpost pockets. Fig. 2 is a -transverse sectional view of a car equipped with my im roved end framing. Fig. 3 is a lan view of t e parts of the underframe an appurtenances shown in Fig. 2. Fi 4 is -=a sectional view, the section being ta on on line 44 of Fi 2. Fig. 5 is a side elevations] view of a agmentary portion showing the corner post pocket in position. The object of the invention is to produce an end framing particularly well adapted to resist end thrusts caused by shifting of the load within the car and incidental to this the pockets for the end posts are secured in osition with the major portion thereof beow the upper plane of the end sill with said end sill serving preferably as one of the walls of said pockets when in position so as to ermit placing the end posts and the end rring strps next the end sills in which event the en sheathing will extend vertically above the end sill. As the end furring rises to a, plane above the upper plane of the end sill and the end sheathing is secured to said furring a weather proof lower end construction will result.

Owing to the end posts, end braces and comer posts extending belowthe upper plane of the end sill and the end furring resting on the end post pockets and longitudinal sills, short sections of end furrin may be used as nailing strips for the end s eat and the car flooring, said fur-ring being provided with v a shouldered portion on which the trans versely extending end board of said flooring will rest. Secured in position outside of the side sills and back of the end sill are corner post pockets adapted to receive the corner posts and framing rods.

Referring particularly to the parts, A in dicates a central irder or center sills; it side sills; C an end sil 5 all of which are shown as channel members which may be either roiled or pressed. as may be desired, although i. do not wish to be limited to channel shaped sill members as it is evident that any suitably shaped sills may be combined with the end framing hereinafter more fully described.

Between the center sills at each end thereof are pressed. members 2 which are provided with downwardly extending fiitliges: 3 for riveting to said center sills and an end flange 4 for connection with the end sill. At each side of the center sills are end pest pockets 5 shown in detail in Fig. 1. Salt pockets som prise vertical flange 6, three hwhich rivets are driven for connection to t 10 end sill, and laterall irojecting flanges 7 upon which rest the end? Eur-ring strips 8 which strips are accured in position by means of bolts 9 passing through openings 1U in the flanges Y and through said iurring strips, as shown in Ihe end ost pockets comprise rear walls 11, side wal s 12 and an intermediate filler 13 which letter perforated for the passage therethrough of the end framing rods 14:, and when the ockets 5 are secured in position the end sil 0- serves as a closure for the end post pocket 15 and end brace pocket 16 as shown in Fi 3.

Connects to the side sills B and end sill G are corner 0st ockets 17 which are provided with stem ly extending flanges 18 on which test the side nailing strips 19 and with vertical flanges 20 and 2! respectively for connection with said side sills and end siii as best shown in Fig. 5.

It will be observed that the corner pockets are placed outside or beyond the is sills and in such osition that the side sills serve as closures ermine; the inner walls of said corner post pockets whereby the side posts will rest in position next the side sills.

Resting upon the flanges of the cent)! sills and carried thereby, or By the pre sing 2 interposed between said sills, is a short section for one side of said pockets and tuning rest- 22 of tuning};

extending t erethrough and through said pressing, said lurring extending relatively to the inner faces ol the end post pockets. The F iurring strips 8 rest upon. the flanges 7 of the end post pockets and upon the side sills, said lurring, strips being cut away if necessary, as shown in Fig. 1, to pass over said side sills to which. they are bolted by means of the vertically extending bolts 25.

What I claim is 1. In a system of end framing, an end sill, side sills, post pockets connected with the end sill near its middle and furring strips partly supported by said post pockets and an ii'iterrnediate 'l urring strip.

2. in a system of end framing, an end sill, side sills, post pockets connected with said end sill near its middle portion, furring strips extending from said post pockets to the side sills and post pockets beyond said side sills.

3. In a system of end framing, an end sill, center girder, side sills, post pockets supported in a plane beloiv the up or face of said end sill near the ends thereo and intermediate its ends and. relatively short furring stri resting on some of said post pockets and extending to said side sills.

4. In a car end framing, the combination co mprisin an end sill, lonpitudinal sills, post pockets a utting said ent sill, osts resting in said pockets next said endsi 1, said posts extending below the up er plane of the'end sill, and relatively short 'urring strips resting on some of said post pockets and said longitudinal sills.

5. In a car end framing, the combination comprising an end sill, longitudinal sills,a discontinuous furring strip resting 'on said lon itudinal sills and post pockets connected with said endsill below the top lane thereof, said post pockets serving as at ditional supports for the furring.

6. In a car end framing, the combination comprising an end sill, longitudinal sills, a discontinuous furring strip resting on said longitudinal sills and post pockets having vertical flanges secured to said end sill and lateral flanges serving as supporting means for said lurring strips.

7. In a car end framing, the combination comprising'an end sill, longitudinal sills, a discontinuous fin-ring strip resting on said longitudinal sills, end post pockets connected with said end sill below the top thereof so that said end sill serves as a closure for one side of said post pockets, said pockets comprising lateral flanges to aid in supporting said l'urrine, and end posts resting in said pockets.

8. In a car end framing, the combinationcomprising a flanged metal and sill, flanged end post pockets secured thereto below the top plane of said sill, the sill torn'iing a closure which is secured by bolts 23 5 ing on the flanges of said end post pockets.

9. In a system of end framing, an end. sill, a central girder, side sills, post pockets conncetcd with the end sill near its middle, furring strips partly supported by said post INK'ltUtS and an intermediate fin-ring strip supported above the central girder.

10. In a system of end framing, an end sill, side sills, post pockets connected with said end sill near its middle portion, furrine strips extending from said post pockets to the side sills and post pockets beyond said side sills, said post pockets restingbehind the end sills.

11. In a system of end framing, an end sill, side. sills, post pockets connected. with said endflsill near its middle portion, furring stri s extending from said post pockets to the si e sills and post ockets beyond said side sills, said post pocllets resting relatively lower than the end sills.

12. In a system of end framing, an end sill, center girder, side sills, post pockets supported in a plane below the upper face of said end sill near the ends thereof and intermediate its ends and relatively short furring stripsresting on some of said post pockets and extending to said side sills the end sill and side sills serving as side walls or closures for said pockets. I

13. In a car end framing, the combination comprising an end sill, center sill, side sills, post pockets abutting said end sill and side sills, posts resting in said pockets next said end sill, said posts extending below the u per plane of the end sill, and relatively s ort urring strips extending over arts of some oiilsaid post pockets and sai longitudinal si s.

14. In a car end framing, the combination comprising an end sill, longitudinal sills, a discontinuous furring strip resting on said longitudinal sills, post ockets connected with said end sill below t e top plane thereof, said post pockets serving as additional supports for the furring and corner post poc cots secured to the webs of said side sills.

15. In a car cud framing, the combination comprising an end sill, longitudinal sills, a discontinuous fur-ring strip resting on said longitudinal sills, and post pockets having vertical flanges secured to said end sill and lateral flanges serving as supporting means for said fin-ring strips, and corner post oekets secured to the webs of said end sil and side sills.

16. in a car end framing, the combination comprising an end sill, longitudinal sills, a discontinuous fin-ring strip resting on said longitudinal sills, end post pockets connected with said end sill below the top thereof so,

.that said end sill serves as a closure for one side of said post pockets, said pockets comprising lateral flanges to aid in supporting said lurring, end posts resting in said pock- 900,2oa 1' B eta, and corner 0st pockets provided with corner pos't pockets outside of the side sills, 1o lateral flanges apted to support side nai1-, secured thereto and to the end sill, and side ing strips. nailing strips resting: on said flanges.

17. n a car and framing the combination In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 5 comprising & flanged metal end sill, lunged hand in the presence of two witnesses.

end post pockets secured thereto below the top ALLEN E. OSTRANDER. plane of said eill the sill forming a closure for I Witnesses:

one side of anti )OCkGtS, furring resting on FREDERICK -H. Gums,

the flanges l saicl end post pockets, flanged FRANK V. 000mm. 

